Employers Mutual Casualty Company v. Sanctuary Systems, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY Case No. 22-cv-02561-BLF

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8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING SANCTUARY DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO v. DISMISS, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, TRANSFER VENUE SANCTUARY SYSTEMS, LLC, et al., [Re: ECF 28] Defendants. 12 Plaintiff Employers Mutual Casualty Company (“EMC”) filed this declaratory relief action to resolve insurance coverage disputes arising from two policies it issued to Defendant Sanctuary Systems, LLC (“Sanctuary”) – a Commercial General Liability Policy (“CGL Policy”) and a Commercial Umbrella Policy (“Umbrella Policy”) (collectively, the “Policies”). EMC requests a declaration that the Policies do not give rise to a duty to defend or indemnify Sanctuary and other potential insureds in a California state court action (“Underlying Action”) arising from Sanctuary’s sales of allegedly defective…